Commodore Amiga Mini

[commodorejohn]

So whose preexisting case are they rebadging this time?

[commodorejohn]

That should be next week.

This should be the company motto...

[commodorejohn]

It's not a bad choice at all for the first Commodore Amiga being released in 20 years.

Oh, so it is an Amiga? Sweet, I can't wait to pop my Workbench 3.1 disks into the...into the...now just a damn minute here...

[commodorejohn]

The majority of floppies I've ever encountered (not the vast majority, but still definitely the majority) read just fine, as long as they weren't kept in a garage or a moldy basement.

Anyway, are you saying that if I install a Catweasel in this thing, it can boot from my Amiga floppies?

[commodorejohn]

When was the last time you tried a floppy that hasn't been accessed in 20+ years?

*shrug* I dunno, I don't exactly get last-used dates on the systems I pick up. But I've gotten systems from the early '80s that have been sitting in storage for a long time, and as long as they haven't been kept in a barn the disks usually read just fine.

[commodorejohn]

(Psst, that was sarcasm, the point is it's not actually Amiga-compatible no matter what sticker they put on the case.)

[commodorejohn]

The Mini   mid Feb 2012
1000x      late March 2012
2000x/ 3000x/ 4000x    2nd qtr 2012

So let me get this straight, he's going to roll out five new models in the space of ~3-5 months? And the site still calls them "workstations," which implies they're still going for the gourmet pricing (on rebadged HTPCs? Ha ha, pull the other one.) How many of the C64xes did they even sell? Does he really think something even less unique is going to go over well because he's put a sticker on it?

By far the best part, though, is this:

Seriously? They didn't even bother to change the manufacturer-default message? I suppose that's just CUSA tradition...

[commodorejohn]

Commodore Amiga is their future, if you don't like it, don't buy it.

I'm not buying it. But if you mean "this is the ultimate argument and you must shut up now," not a chance.

[commodorejohn]

So you are going to continue to troll in this thread?

I'm going to continue to post my opinions on a public forum. You may call that what you will.

[commodorejohn]

Who said it was a product?

Are you joking? You have to be joking, right? What the hell else would it be? Either you don't actually have any idea and you're pretending like you do, or you're playing coy for no reason. Either one is annoying and isn't helping your favorite company one bit.

Also, embossed logos and laser etching? On a prefab case? Get real.

[commodorejohn]

So you have the same opinion on the A1X1K and the A500X cases since they are also prefab cases?

I can't even remember what they're supposed to look like (i.e. whose case they're bulk-purchasing,) but yeah, I'll stick with that opinion. Etching and embossing a generic Mac Mini knock-off case is like putting stickers and rims on a Honda Civic.

(Unless you're referring to the X500 aluminum-case project? Because that sure as hell isn't prefab...)

This mobo is a candidate for a C64x Titan(?) though.  
Just trying the name on for size....how do you go beyond "Extreme", than start naming after a class of Gods!  

The new C64x - it's named after beings whose leader ate his children!

[commodorejohn]

So please let's simmer down a bit.  It is WELL established how polarized this subject makes people that you don't need to state and restate it over and over again.

It keeps being brought up over and over again...

[commodorejohn]

Is that image a poor Photoshop, or is the box a poor Photoshop? (In other words, is this another of their endless mockups, or did they finally manage to release a new product, and somehow forgot to parade around applauding themselves for it - at least on A.org?)

[commodorejohn]

"Sometime in the next week..."

We should set this refrain to music.

[commodorejohn]

Oy. And CUSA continues in their long and glorious tradition of astonishingly poor Photoshop work...